Patents by Inventor Paul Hoffman

Paul Hoffman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11926642
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2 and - - - - - are as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of treating COVID-19 in a patient by administering therapeutically effective amounts of the compounds and methods of inhibiting or preventing replication of SARS-CoV-2 with the compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Pfizer inc.
    Inventors: Robert Steven Kania, Padmavani Bezawada, Emma Louise Hawking, Rohit Jaini, Samir Kulkarni, Matthew Nathan O'Brien Laramy, Jonathan Richard Lillis, Suman Luthra, Dafydd Rhys Owen, Klimentina Dimitrova Pencheva, Anil Mahadeo Rane, Matthew Forrest Sammons, Bradley Paul Sullivan, Andrew John Thiel, Martyn David Ticehurst, Jamison Bryce Tuttle, Robert Louis Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11921112
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a biosensor integrated circuit (IC) chip with sensing zones and/or well structures configured to receive a liquid with biological analytes. The chip includes passivation and etch stop layers with an opening over a channel layer and an array of liquid gated field effect transistors with a 2D channel disposed on a dielectric oxide layer. A conductive drain and a conductive source form edge and/or top side contacts with opposite ends of the 2D channel. The chip further includes reference electrodes formed in a metal layer, configured to contact the liquid, and disposed at a horizontal distance apart from the graphene channels. The transistors are operable to enable a set of measurements to sense parameters of the biological analytes based on changes in a shape of Id-Vgs transconductance curves. A system and a method have similar structures and perform the functions of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Paragraf USA Inc.
    Inventors: Brett R. Goldsmith, Mitchell Lerner, Paul Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20230408510
    Abstract: An apparatus may include a sensor chip fabricated on a semiconductor wafer, the sensor chip may include a graphene channel patterned in a graphene layer disposed on a dielectric substrate. The sensor chip may include a first electrode formed in electrode material so as to form one or more of an edge side contact or a top side contact in electrical contact with a first end of the graphene channel. The sensor chip may include a second electrode formed in electrode material so as to form one or more of an edge side contact or a top-side contact in electrical contact with a second end of the graphene channel. The sensor chip may include an insulation layer that is layered above at least of portion of the graphene layer and is selected from an inorganic oxide layer and an organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Brett R. Goldsmith, Mitchell Lerner, Paul Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20230364348
    Abstract: A biasing member for a medical injection device having a housing, a brake member, a cartridge, and an injection needle, wherein the biasing member includes a body having a first end, a second end positioned opposite the first end, a top surface, and a bottom surface positioned opposite the top surface, and an extension portion extending from the body in a direction extending from the top surface of the body to the bottom surface of the body. The extension portion is resilient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Bradley M. Wilkinson, Craig Schneider, Xin Xie, Richard A. Cronenberg, John Paul Hoffman, Michael Vincent Quinn
  • Patent number: 11782057
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) chip includes ROIC circuitry in a CMOS wafer with a top dielectric layer and at least one graphene field effect transistor (gFET) sensor array added above the CMOS wafer. The IC chip includes access transistors controlled by the ROIC circuitry and further includes sensing circuitry which includes the at least one gFET sensor array and a passivation opening that allows direct contact of a sample liquid with the graphene channels of the gFETs in the at least one gFET sensor array, such that a liquid gate is formed above the graphene channel upon receipt of the sample liquid. In some examples, the IC chip includes a process, memory controller, and memory. A system and a method have similar structures and perform the functions of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Cardea Bio, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett R. Goldsmith, Mitchell Lerner, Paul Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11732296
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a biosensor integrated circuit (IC) chip having multiple well structures configured to receive a liquid comprising one or more biological analytes. The well structures include a passivation layer with an opening over one or more field effect transistors (gFETs) which include a layer of 2D channel material selected from molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and graphene; a drain electrode connected to a first end of the channel; a source electrode connected to a second end of the channel, wherein the individual gFETs are configured such that liquid received by the well structure is confined to form a liquid gate above a top surface of the channel. A system and method perform various functions of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Cardea Bio, Inc.
    Inventors: Pieter van Rooyen, Mitchell Lerner, Paul Hoffman, Brett R. Goldsmith
  • Patent number: 11631480
    Abstract: In general, the systems, components, methods, and techniques provide an automated medical communications system including an automated medical communications board controller device and a medical communications board device providing a medical board communications interface customized for the location of the medical communications board device at the medical facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Specialized Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: David Linetsky, Timothy Rollins, Andrew Paul Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20230115797
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a biosensor integrated circuit (IC) chip with sensing zones and/or well structures configured to receive a liquid with biological analytes. The chip includes passivation and etch stop layers with an opening over a channel layer and an array of liquid gated field effect transistors with a 2D channel disposed on a dielectric oxide layer. A conductive drain and a conductive source form edge and/or top side contacts with opposite ends of the 2D channel. The chip further includes reference electrodes formed in a metal layer, configured to contact the liquid, and disposed at a horizontal distance apart from the graphene channels. The transistors are operable to enable a set of measurements to sense parameters of the biological analytes based on changes in a shape of Id-Vgs transconductance curves. A system and a method have similar structures and perform the functions of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Brett R. Goldsmith, Mitchell Lerner, Paul Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11536722
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a biosensor integrated circuit (IC) chip with sensing zones and/or well structures configured to receive a liquid with biological analytes. The chip includes a passivation layer with an opening over a channel layer and an array of graphene field effect transistors (gFETs) individually having a 2D graphene channel disposed on a dielectric oxide layer, a conductive drain, and a conductive source. A liquid gate is formed above the top surface of the graphene channel. The chip further includes reference electrodes formed in a metal layer, configured to contact the liquid, and disposed at a horizontal distance apart from the graphene channels. The individual gFETs are operable to enable a set of measurements to sense parameters of the biological analytes based on changes in a shape of Id-Vgs transconductance curves. A system and a method have similar structures and perform the functions of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Cardea Bio, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett R. Goldsmith, Mitchell Lerner, Paul Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20220155289
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) chip includes ROIC circuitry in a CMOS wafer with a top dielectric layer and at least one graphene field effect transistor (gFET) sensor array added above the CMOS wafer. The IC chip includes access transistors controlled by the ROIC circuitry and further includes sensing circuitry which includes the at least one gFET sensor array and a passivation opening that allows direct contact of a sample liquid with the graphene channels of the gFETs in the at least one gFET sensor array, such that a liquid gate is formed above the graphene channel upon receipt of the sample liquid. In some examples, the IC chip includes a process, memory controller, and memory. A system and a method have similar structures and perform the functions of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Brett R. Goldsmith, Mitchell Lerner, Paul Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20210278396
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a biosensor integrated circuit (IC) chip with sensing zones and/or well structures configured to receive a liquid with biological analytes. The chip includes a passivation layer with an opening over a channel layer and an array of graphene field effect transistors (gFETs) individually having a 2D graphene channel disposed on a dielectric oxide layer, a conductive drain, and a conductive source. A liquid gate is formed above the top surface of the graphene channel. The chip further includes reference electrodes formed in a metal layer, configured to contact the liquid, and disposed at a horizontal distance apart from the graphene channels. The individual gFETs are operable to enable a set of measurements to sense parameters of the biological analytes based on changes in a shape of Id-Vgs transconductance curves. A system and a method have similar structures and perform the functions of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Brett R. Goldsmith, Mitchell Lerner, Paul Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20210246501
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a biosensor integrated circuit (IC) chip having multiple well structures configured to receive a liquid comprising one or more biological analytes. The well structures include a passivation layer with an opening over one or more field effect transistors (gFETs) which include a layer of 2D channel material selected from molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and graphene; a drain electrode connected to a first end of the channel; a source electrode connected to a second end of the channel, wherein the individual gFETs are configured such that liquid received by the well structure is confined to form a liquid gate above a top surface of the channel. A system and method perform various functions of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Pieter van Rooyen, Mitchell Lerner, Paul Hoffman, Brett R. Goldsmith
  • Patent number: 11016088
    Abstract: This invention concerns Chemically-sensitive Field Effect Transistors (ChemFETs) that are preferably fabricated using semiconductor fabrication methods on a semiconductor wafer, and in preferred embodiments, on top of an integrated circuit structure made using semiconductor fabrication methods. The instant ChemFETs typically comprise a conductive source, a conductive drain, and a channel composed of a one-dimensional (1D) or two-dimensional (2D) transistor nanomaterial, which channel extends from the source to the drain and is fabricated using semiconductor fabrication techniques on top of a wafer. The ChemFET also includes a gate, often the gate voltage is provided through a fluid or solution proximate the ChemFET. Such ChemFETs, preferably configured in independently addressable arrays, may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in chemical and/or biological samples, including nucleic acid hybridization and/or sequencing reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Cardea Bio, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Hoffman, Brett R. Goldsmith, Mitchell Lerner
  • Patent number: 10968481
    Abstract: Chemically-sensitive field effect transistors for biosensor chips and system are disclosed. The itransisitors have a multi-layered structure for performing a set of measurements of a biological reaction involving a binding event for one or more biological analytes that may be label-free. The multilayer structure includes a first insulating layer above a substrate layer and a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed positioned over the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer above the first insulating layer and proximate the source and drain electrodes forming side wall members of a well for a fluid comprising the analytes; a 2D graphene layer forming a channel between source and drain electrodes; a solution gate, formed by fluid flowed over the channel, configured to enable determining differences between one or more sample I-Vg curves having a shifted and changed shape relative to a reference curve; embodiments may include ion-selective membranes and/or ion getters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Cardea Bio, Inc.
    Inventors: Pieter van Rooyen, Mitchell Lerner, Paul Hoffman, Brett R. Goldsmith
  • Patent number: 10811539
    Abstract: Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods of employing the same for the performance of bioinformatics analysis. The apparatuses and methods of the disclosure are directed in part to large scale graphene FET sensors, arrays, and integrated circuits employing the same for analyte measurements. The present GFET sensors, arrays, and integrated circuits may be fabricated using conventional CMOS processing techniques based on improved GFET pixel and array designs that increase measurement sensitivity and accuracy, and at the same time facilitate significantly small pixel sizes and dense GFET sensor based arrays. Improved fabrication techniques employing graphene as a reaction layer provide for rapid data acquisition from small sensors to large and dense arrays of sensors. Such arrays may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in a wide variety of chemical and/or biological processes, including DNA hybridization and/or sequencing reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: NANOMEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Pieter van Rooyen, Mitchell Lerner, Paul Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20200181695
    Abstract: Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods of employing the same for the performance of bioinformatics analysis. The apparatuses and methods of the disclosure are directed in part to large scale graphene FET sensors, arrays, and integrated circuits employing the same for analyte measurements. The present GFET sensors, arrays, and integrated circuits may be fabricated using conventional CMOS processing techniques based on improved GFET pixel and array designs that increase measurement sensitivity and accuracy, and at the same time facilitate significantly small pixel sizes and dense GFET sensor based arrays. Improved fabrication techniques employing graphene as a reaction layer provide for rapid data acquisition from small sensors to large and dense arrays of sensors. Such arrays may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in a wide variety of chemical and/or biological processes, including DNA hybridization and/or sequencing reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Pieter van Rooyen, Mitchell Lemer, Paul Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20200141931
    Abstract: This invention concerns Chemically-sensitive Field Effect Transistors (ChemFETs) that are preferably fabricated using semiconductor fabrication methods on a semiconductor wafer, and in preferred embodiments, on top of an integrated circuit structure made using semiconductor fabrication methods. The instant ChemFETs typically comprise a conductive source, a conductive drain, and a channel composed of a one-dimensional (1D) or two-dimensional (2D) transistor nanomaterial, which channel extends from the source to the drain and is fabricated using semiconductor fabrication techniques on top of a wafer. The ChemFET also includes a gate, often the gate voltage is provided through a fluid or solution proximate the ChemFET. Such ChemFETs, preferably configured in independently addressable arrays, may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in chemical and/or biological samples, including nucleic acid hybridization and/or sequencing reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventor: Paul Hoffman
  • Patent number: 10607989
    Abstract: Provided herein are integrated circuits for use in performing analyte measurements and methods of fabricating the same. Such arrays may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in chemical and/or biological processes, including DNA hybridization and/or sequencing reactions. The methods for fabricating the integrated circuits include steps of depositing an insulating layer on a semiconducting substrate, and forming trenches in the insulating dielectric layer. Conductive material may be deposited in the trenches to form electrodes, and the insulating layer may be conditioned so that the electrodes protrude above the insulating layer. A 2D material, such as graphene, may be deposited on to electrodes to form a channel between the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: NANOMEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
    Inventor: Paul Hoffman
  • Patent number: 10494670
    Abstract: Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods of employing the same for the performance of bioinformatics analysis. The apparatuses and methods of the disclosure are directed in part to large scale graphene FET sensors, arrays, and integrated circuits employing the same for analyte measurements. The present GFET sensors, arrays, and integrated circuits may be fabricated using conventional CMOS processing techniques based on improved GFET pixel and array designs that increase measurement sensitivity and accuracy, and at the same time facilitate significantly small pixel sizes and dense GFET sensor based arrays. Improved fabrication techniques employing graphene as a reaction layer provide for rapid data acquisition from small sensors to large and dense arrays of sensors. Such arrays may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in a wide variety of chemical and/or biological processes, including DNA hybridization and/or sequencing reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Inventors: Pieter van Rooyen, Mitchell Lerner, Paul Hoffman
  • Patent number: D1023559
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Vista Outdoor Operations LLC
    Inventors: Daniel D. Sereday, Troy E. Lance, Christopher J. Michael, Paul N. Smith, Justin Hoffman